Switch mounting for machines having individual motors



Jan. 22 1924.

J. P. BIVENS SWITCH MOUNTING FOR MACHINES HAVING INDIVIDUAL MOTORS Filed Dec. 8, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 HWHWOR Joe- 381 YEA/6,

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J. P. BIVENS SWITCH MOUNTING FOR MACHINES HAVING INDIVIDUAL MOTORS Filed Dec. 8, 1922 2 Sheets$heet 2 VE/V TOR Pena;

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UNITED STATES'LPATENT OFFICE.

JOEP. BIVENS, OF GAS'JONIA, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO MICHAEL AND BIVENS INCORPORATED, 015 GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA.

CAROLINA, A CORPORATION OF NORTH SWITCH MOUNTING FOR MACHINES HAVING INDIVIDUAL MO'I'OR flpplicetion filed December 8, 1922. Serial No. 605,691.

To ail whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JOE KP. BIVENS, s citizen of the United States, and! a resident of. Grsstonic, the county of Gaston and Sims of North Ceroiina, have invented cerisin new useful Improvements in Switch Moon ogs for Machines Having divides-ii Motors, of which she following is a specification.

My present invention relates genersiiy to switch mountings oi." machines having indiiei motors, silo more perticuieriy to h supooi'is pstaioding from the floor opor'ting surface of looms, imitmachines and like, excessive vibrac-iOH of W ich use precludes the mounting of the swim the machine itself.

ie is s Weii known foot that the above has given rise unnecesei-iiy expensive switch insieiieiions cs well as those which are no satisfactory cm "the stsndpoine of ready accessibility "1 case rep substiabw tion is required, and my invention among oiiher things s i to provide on arrangesvoicf. these difiimiitics end ciissdvenoges As n i eyed installations s a, junction box moumeai. their supporting surface sciine, with a conduit iee om. chejunction box pedestal secured to oer o1" sup gor s *rfsce, she switch. box ioei ig secured the upper end of the con chili. I

M invent oeoposes an arrangement i i is supported e sis E which fosms the covey of she junction box ecimits of the extension wires upwoi l om. the junction box with out she neces of any Wire protection or conduit stand, the seaiidiieviiig mesnswhercioy e wesiher-proo connection may he reediiy formed between the same a the junction bozso that the upper portion of flee ieittei msy exposed at she surface of she floor e provide for ready accessibii-U'y to wiring by simply disconnecting the stand ,as whole wii; 1 its switch from the junction box,

My invention is susceptible of various forms of which certain are iliustratefi in the accompanying drawings, which form a. part of this specification and wheiein Figure i is perspective View iiiiisfaisting' one form of switcz mounting as oi'ooosed by my invention, h n

Figure 2 is perspeciive View of the ions felon box, pecking ring and support base detached mission,

igures an are i'espectii/ y s trans verse and longitudinal section eh ougii she arrangement shows if Figures s 1 2 Figure 5 is 2L iongituciinsi section snowing s modifier i construction,

Referring iiow as these drawings iicuis'riyco Figures 4: iiici 7 ventioii proposes s switch. stem upright hollow if slight-1y as shown, square, ciicuisi: or iioii depending o1 box mciics f no es HMHZGG.

edep'beci to "o I which saw orconvenbio ,1 connection rear position. 0 es s 1 y seen so 1 Figures l and being; ciosecl ex cep spwairoiy cogs cs ex iies ice, box 11 in use 0 stand 10 has a fienged ring I k v I ugcon end the u, oer edge of the junciion box 11 and capable of conneciioii iii fe with as by means screws 18 with posed packing ring 19 SHCiQ as seen in I .5;-

$288 2, 3 i, it is obvious e Wesiiueo proof joint is effect-eel which in tom 1 not only permits of the seating of juncor time box Within e siippor'ciiig floor and the like 20 see its upper edge use with or pro ecing slightly above time iooic, bet sis-o permits of the extension Wires upweroiiy from the junciioii box and hrougio the supporting stand to the switch "cor: Wiihout she necessity of sciditionei conduits 03. other wire protecting or Weacherproofing features within the stanci. The above sacivaotages naturally flow from the fact that the supporting stand is adapted to be secured in weather-proof relation upon a junction box and forms the cover for the box and this structure brings about further advantages including easy installation in the first instance and ready accessibility thereafter in case repair or substitution becomes necessary. lit is obvious that by avoiding the necessity of a vertical conduit for the wires within the supporting stand, considerable labor and expense is avoided and it becomes an easy matter to expose the wire connections' Within the junction box by simply, unscrewing and removing the supporting stand as a whole with its switch from the junction v box.

In Figure l have shown amodified structure in which a switch box 13 is formed integral with and upstands from the hollow supporting stand the latter being in other respects similar to the supporting stand 10 of Figures 1 to 4; inclusive and being adapted in a like manner to form a cover for the junction box 11 and to be se-' cured to the latter in weather-proof rela- L's-sneer said box having provision for weather proof connection with the box andhaving low body having an upper switch supporting surface disposed at a substantial distance above the floor level and perforated, and an integral upstanding switch anchoring extension rising from said hollow body.

'35 7 an integral upright hollow body in w free open communication with the box,' said hol- 2. As a new article of manufacture, a

switchsupporting cover for junction boxes consisting of an upright hollow body open at one end and having an apertured outstanding flange around its said open end,

the opposite end having a switch supporting surface and an integral upstanding switch anchoring extension, as and for the purposes set forth.

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